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AIM: To analyze the epidemiologic and clinic characteristics of primary lung cancer patients treated in Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University in Rize, Turkey. METHODS: The records of 87 primary lung cancer patients treated in the university hospital of Rize between July 2011 and March 2013 were evaluated retrospectively. The data including age, gender, smoking status, physical performance, diagnostic tools, histopathological diagnosis, disease stage, leukocyte, thrombocyte, lymphocyte, lactate dehydrogenase, protein and albumin levels, chemotherapeutic agent, therapeutic outcome, metastasis and recurrence was analyzed. Interactions among parameters and cancer stage groups were tested with chi-square and Student T tests, respectively. RESULTS: Over 95% of patients were male. Of the 87 participants with a mean age of 61.49, only seven did not have a smoking history. Bronchoscopic biopsy (48.3%) and transthoracic needle biopsy (23%) were the most common diagnostic techniques. Small cell and non-small cell lung cancers in 24.1% and 75.9% of the patients, respectively, were identifi ed on histopathological evaluation. Non-small cell lung cancers were mostly squamous cell carcinomas (56.1%).The tumor stage was classifi ed as grade I-II and III-IV in 17 and 70 patients, respectively. Physical performance was signifi cantly lower in patients with grade III-IV tumors (p=0.012). In addition, lactate dehydrogenase level was signifi - cantly higher in grade IV patients compared with grade I-II patients (p=0.017). Patients with metastasis had small cell, squamous cell and adenocarcinoma cancers in 37.5%, 31.3% and 20.8%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Most lung cancer patients are smoking males at their sixth decades. The disease is mostly diagnosed at adKafkas J Med Sci 2015; 5(3):100–104 • doi: 10.5505/kjms.2015.59455 vanced stages and the physical performance is decreased during diagnosis.

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